Recruiting

The additions allow the Rhode Island bank to expand its wealth management footprint along the East Coast and in San Francisco, where the recently shuttered First Republic was based.

Brent Grable will take on managing IT and operations at the Massachusetts bank. He formerly worked at Santander and State Street.

Investment in the latest technology is crucial for banks and credit unions if they are to compete effectively, while the lack of tech talent continues to be an issue.

The regional firm, whose parent is the 10th largest bank in the world by market capitalization, is eager to pitch top advisors seeking stability. At the same time, it's ramping up a major branding campaign with Major League Soccer and Apple to woo next-generation clients.

Startups were left reeling after SVB's failure. But there are challenges to serving young companies.

Combining the two Swiss megabanks means more assets and a bigger brand for UBS. But it could be a heavy lift, slowing U.S. advisor recruitment.

Employees of the collapsed bank are using LinkedIn, and old-school means, to find new jobs.

The bank is reassigning staffers to busier divisions as attrition and hiring slow.

Firms under $1 billion of assets that never had a chief risk or credit officer, for example, are creating these roles — and in some cases filling them with executives who were displaced by a merger at their last employer.

The banking industry appears to be stuck when it comes to diversifying the leadership ranks.

After deep job cuts, the bank plans to focus on cutting costs this year, CEO says.

Visa is opening a new office in Atlanta as the payments giant proceeds with plans to triple its workforce in the city even as rivals cut back on their staffing.

Carlyle Group chose former Goldman Sachs Group Co-President Harvey Schwartz to be its next chief executive as the private equity firm looks to move past a long-running succession challenge.

Gemini Trust, the crypto exchange run by the Winklevoss brothers, hired a fintech veteran as new head of finance even as it undergoes another round of layoffs and deals with uncertainty over whether users of its Earn program will get their money back.

Bank of America started telling executives to pause hiring except for the most vital positions, as it tries to keep a lid on costs and prepare for a possible economic downturn.

The banking industry pushed Congress to pass the Fair Hiring in Banking Act as part of last year's defense spending bill. But while banks and some public interest groups hailed the move, others say it doesn't go far enough.

Big banks are aiming to bring their existing technologists up to speed with cloud certification and other modern architecture training.

Nadine Chakar will take the helm at Securrency from current CEO Dan Doney, who will become chief technology officer.

The Spanish lender, aiming to become a leader among second-tier lenders in the U.S., expects to increase the number of bankers at its securities and advisory unit, its head of corporate and investment banking said.

Return to office vs. remote work, the Great Resignation, rising wages in the face of inflation, workers trying to unionize, the ongoing fight for diversity in hiring and promotions: the year in human resources.